Loss and Damage Finance | #FillTheFund Press Conference Ahead of FRLD 9th Board Meeting

Ahead of the historic 9th Board Meeting (B9) of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) in Manila, the #FillTheFund campaign hosts an urgent press briefing exposing a massive climate finance shortfall. With 176 formal funding requests totalling $2.8 billion USD flooding in from developing nations, the demand is more than 11 times the fund's current $250 million start-up budget. While frontline communities face escalating super typhoons and floods, the FRLD is being held back by World Bank bureaucratic roadblocks, an inability to provide direct community access, and a severe lack of pledges from rich, polluting nations. Leading civil society experts and board members break down the crisis, the historic first funding approvals, and the demand for a true Resource Mobilization Strategy that forces polluters to pay their climate debt. 🗣️ SPEAKERS IN THIS BRIEFING: 1. Harjeet Singh (Satat Sampada Climate Foundation) - Global Convener, Fill The Fund Campaign 2. Richard Sherman - FRLD Board Member & Veteran Climate Finance Expert 3. Maria Teresa Nera-Lauron (Tetet) - Rosa Luxemburg Foundation & Santiago Network Advisory Board 4. Brandon Wu - Director of Policy & Campaigns, ActionAid USA 5. Liane Schalatek - Associate Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation 🔗 Read the full roadmap and join the movement: www.FillTheFund.org #FillTheFund #LossAndDamage #ClimateJustice #FRLD #MakePollutersPay #ClimateFinance #UNFCCC